| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: Visions of Chicago -- Industrial decline and the rise of the suburbs -- Building the suburban factory and industrial decline in postwar Chicago -- Blight and the transformation of industrial property -- Industrial property and blight in the 1950s -- Industrial renewal and land clearance -- Reinventing industrial property -- Industrial parks as industrial renewal -- Conclusion: It's all over now |
| Summary |
"This book outlines the decline of Chicago's industrial base and the rise of the suburbs as a substantial industrial district between 1920 and 1975, explores the attempts by the city's political and business leaders to deal with industrial decline, and shows why these initiatives have failed"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 20, 2020) |
| Subject |
Industrialization -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
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City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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City planning
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Economic history
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Industrialization
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| SUBJECT |
Chicago (Ill.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Illinois -- Chicago
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020012528 |
| ISBN |
9781501752643 |
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1501752634 |
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9781501752636 |
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1501752642 |
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